El Paso County, TX Water Table Trend
El Paso County, TX: what the water table is actually doing
El Paso County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 60 measurements since 1951.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
El Paso County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 6.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1951-04-28 to 2026-01-22, 60 measurements from USGS well USGS-315152106371901 (Mbown-251 - Jl-49-12-108), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How El Paso County compares nationally
El Paso County sits at rank 490th of 1,449 ranked counties, ordered rising-to-declining, so a low number means a rising water table and a high one means fast decline. El Paso County, Texas is home to about 875,784 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how El Paso County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in El Paso County can be stable in depth and still worth testing for quality, or declining and still test clean, the two are measured separately, and only a direct test settles the second one.